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October 2006

1000 Summits for Yeti Man, Take that Sir Hillary.

Back in August I wrote about James McCown, aka Yeti Man, who had ridden Expedition Everest over 500 times. He’s now passed the 1000 ride mark. James McCown (right) of St. Petersburg, FL, screams Oct. 30, 2006 as he rides Expedition Everest for the 1000th time at Disney’s Animal Kingdom theme park in Lake Buena… Read More »1000 Summits for Yeti Man, Take that Sir Hillary.

Happy Halloween!

May your all encounters with ghouls and beasties on this happy night be good ones. It’s also the 94th birthday of Ollie Johnston, legendary Disney animator and the last surviving member of Walt’s Nine Old Men. Thanks to CartoonBrew for the reminder.

Please Don’t Jump Off The Tram (and other Tram news)

"Please remain seated while the tram is in motion. Don’t jump off the tram to retrieve a lost item. Rather wait till the next stop and speak to the driver or the cast member in the rear of the tram and someone will go retrieve your lost item." These are important words and they, or… Read More »Please Don’t Jump Off The Tram (and other Tram news)

Marceline MO profiled, Walt’s “Hometown”

Walter Elias Disney was actually born in Chicago. But he spent his childhood years on a farm in Marceline, Mo. The Kansas City Star (a paper Walt once worked for as a paper boy) profiles Marceline, a town where you can still feel Walt. With hand-painted road signs, several towns here in north-central Missouri promote… Read More »Marceline MO profiled, Walt’s “Hometown”

ABC fights for rating win

The NY Times highlights the struggle ABC is in to win the ratings numbers on Wednesday and Thursday nights. Grey’s Anatomy is beating CSI, but LOST is having trouble with Criminal Minds. What’s a network to do?

The Game Plan resumes filming, a report

Jeff sends in this report from the set of Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson’s next film "The Game Plan." Back in June the filming had to be postponed when Johnson suffered an injury. The Game Plan is in production this past week since about late september 2006. They started filming again up here in the Boston… Read More »The Game Plan resumes filming, a report

Own your own Disney Shooting Gallery

Are you a big fan of the Frontierland Shooting Gallery? Wish you could have a Disney attraction in your own home or place of business? Well now you can at this eBay auction. This multi-set Shooting Gallery attraction comes from the offices of WED Enteprises (Imagineering) in 1977. It features the classic light-beam target action… Read More »Own your own Disney Shooting Gallery

Students Pitch Iger on business plans

Bob Iger president and CEO of the Walt Disney Co. returned to his alma mater earlier this month to launch it’s new Capital Campaign. As part of the visit he held a ‘pitch session’ where four students were given 30 seconds to convince Iger of the worthiness of their ideas. THis was the winning one:… Read More »Students Pitch Iger on business plans